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Monday, September 22, 2014
Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine University of Ottawa—Ottawa Hospital After studying for a Bachelor of Humanities with a Minor in Biology, I was accepted to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, and am now in the midst of my residency in Emergency Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital. I can’t imagine... More
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Managing Director Suske Capital Oakville, ON When I applied to the College of Humanities in 1997, I could never have imagined the breadth of opportunities the program would afford me. During my four years at the College, I was given many gifts. I learned how to write. I learned how not to write. I... More
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Intern Clinton Foundation After graduating from the Bachelor of Humanities, I decided to take a year off and gain some job experience before continuing my schooling. In January 2014, I started an internship with the Carter Center in their Democracy Program, monitoring political developments across the Middle East. I was also lucky enough to... More
Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition, American University in Cairo Entrepreneur Social justice advocate I chose a degree in Humanities over my acceptance to McMaster for Civil Engineering and to Waterloo for Environmental Engineering. I based this decision on the advice: you can pursue a job that will pay well and maybe end up being... More
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Executive Director at CKCU Kwende Kefentse spent four years in the Bachelor of Humanities program, and graduated with a B.A. Interdisciplinary Urban Studies in 2011. Kwende is the inaugural Executive Director of CKCU, Ottawa’s original independent campus-community broadcaster. In his 15 + year career at the intersection of the arts, heritage,... More
Saturday, August 9, 2014
ESL Program Resource Teacher Upper Canada District School Board I graduated from the Bachelor of Humanities program with a Combined Honours in English in 2006. After HUMS, I went on to complete my Bachelor of Education at the University of Ottawa, and I began teaching for the Upper Canada District School Board in the... More
Friday, August 8, 2014
Writer, Gardener, Jobbing Humanist I went to Carleton, sight unseen, with high expectations and I count myself exceedingly fortunate that those expectations were not only met, but surpassed. I learned Italian so I could study Dante and Greek so I could read Homer, and fell in love with philosophy because of Boethius. After my... More
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Associate Professor Faculty of History Oxford University After my undergraduate studies in the Bachelor of Humanities, I pursued a master’s in history at the University of Toronto, and then a doctorate in history at the University of Oxford, where I now teach. Unlike in North America, the British system of education has students focus... More
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Principal Counsel, LDM Law Leslie de Meulles is a sole practitioner operating her law practice in Whitehorse, Yukon on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council. Leslie works primarily with self-governing First Nations on matters related to modern treaty implementation as well as matters related to... More
Friday, August 1, 2014
Associate Professor of Philosophy Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio I grew up in the Ottawa valley, enrolling in the Bachelor of Humanities in fall 1998, and graduating with a concentration in philosophy. I began a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Boston University in fall 2002, graduating in spring 2007 on the basis of a dissertation on... More
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Deputy Director, Chief Curator Ottawa Art Gallery I first heard about the Bachelor of Humanities when I was at Dawson College CEGEP in Montreal taking a Liberal Arts DEC (Diplôme d'Études Collégiales) in 1997. I soon beelined it for Ottawa, where I began at the College of the Humanities, and embarked on my journey... More
Monday, July 28, 2014
Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC World television, London, England Two days after graduating from Humanities in 2005, I hot-footed it to the airport with a ticket to Europe and have not been back - to live - ever since. After a number of years in Paris, with short stopovers in Morocco and Mumbai, I... More
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